North's Sentence

Other news to note - Washington

June 20, 1989

PROSECUTORS on Monday asked U.S. District Judge Gerhard Gesell to sentence Oliver North to prison. North is scheduled for sentencing Friday and could get up to 10 years on convictions of aiding and abetting obstruction of Congress, destroying or mutilating government documents and accepting an illegal gratuity. The memo by independent counsel Lawrence Walsh declared that North shows no remorse. Among other things, it said a prison term may reduce his popularity in giving public lectures for a fee.